Genome landscape of the universal stress protein gene family in lettuce and expression profile in response to heat stress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Universal Stress Protein (USP) family plays a pivotal role in modulating growth, development as well as abiotic and biotic stress responses in plants. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), a highly consumed vegetable crop, is highly sensitive to high temperatures, resulting in physiological disorders that limit its overall yield, quality, and marketability. Considering the importance of thermoresilience for crop productivity, the functional landscape of the USP gene family remains unexplored in the lettuce genome.

Results

In this study, we conducted comprehensive bioinformatic analyses covering phylogenetic relationships, exon-intron structure, conserved motifs, cis-regulatory elements, synteny, protein phosphorylation and glycosylation and identified thirty-three USP gen

SUBMITTER: Aloryi KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12649090 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature